Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Quality Improvement Organizations
to Improve Care Transitions in 14 Communities
Additional videos on measuring readmissions, QIOs, medical service providers, and costs:
- Insights from QIO Work on Care Transitions: Better Care, Better Health, Lower Costs
- JAMA Jan 23, 2013 Report Provides Insights on Measuring Rehospitalizations
- Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) Support Communities to Improve Care Transitions
- Bridging Medical Care and Community Support Services to Improve Care and Reduce Rehospitalizations
- QIO work with Communities Saves Medicare Millions
For copies of this paper or the appendices, contact mediarelations@jamanetwork.org or 312-464-JAMA (5262)
Intervention and Comparison Community Control Charts
Background on QIO Care Transitions Paper
For Media
Altarum/Colorado Foundation for Medical Care press release
American Health Quality Association press release
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services statement
Comments from leaders in the field
Media contacts: Ken Schwartz, Altarum (ken.schwartz@altarum.org); and Jolene Gurtis, CFMC (jgurtis@cfmc.org)
For QIO Partners
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